All my life I’ve written rhymes for certain days and special events or people. Last Halloween I wrote Scary Times Require Rhymes for Leadership Turn and A Halloween Economy at MAPping Company Success.
I’m always surprised when I go back, read one and it doesn’t make me run screaming from the screen.
So, here is Halloween 2009 for your reading pleasure. I hope you enjoy it, because I had a lot of fun writing it.
Are you attending a party tonight
wearing a costume that inspires fright?
Halloween’s a night for spooks,
for witches, demons and other kooks;
vampires, werewolves, serial killers and more—
all those types who …read more

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day with the goal to “unleash your inner buccaneer.”Black humor indeed, considering the financial headlines this week.
Wall Street not only unleashed its inner buccaneer, it walked the pirate talk to financially rape and pillage with nary a thought to the consequences.
That’s what 30 years of bipartisan deregulation (three Republican and two Democratic Presidents) gets you.
Not that I think regulation always works, nor that Congress crafts good regulation, since it’s heavily influenced by lobbyists, PACs, and other special interests.
But assuming that “leaders” will act in the best interests of all is way beyond stupidity.
To …read more

Yesterday I asked, “What else does Wall Street and the financial industry do besides cripple corporate strategic efforts?”
They fight for self-regulation, assuring watchdog agencies and Congress that they are good guys that should be trusted to do the best thing and that the economy will tank if any kind of control or regulation is enacted—and they win.
They win based on the money spent to focus the efforts of well-connected lobbyists on stopping cold, or at least significantly watering down, any legislation or rules that might offer protection to us—the people who keep them all in BMWs and champagne.
Wall Street and …read more